But they can lol. They can swap to a tier 2 nation. They can't swap from a tier 1 nation to another tier 1 nation which if the rumours are true, Ponga is
trying to do. He can't as apparently, The world 9s count as a test. Only Australia, England & New Zealand are Tier 1.
I don't know if Grieg would make a Kiwis A team. Hes a sloth. Or even Cheese? Laban or Foran would take that bench spot before he does. Brown to partner Hughes.
Current form Xavier Willison to start ahead of Thompson. Which would give us some size.
And someone shared an article that Mulitalo has already committed to the Kiwis. He'd have one wing.
9s is not a test status, and they discussed on 360 the key point was SOO they glossed over 9s. IMO 9s is a grey area just depending on how the board want to rule it, Ponga probably has the status to strong arm them